Community Wildfire Defense Grants: A Round Three Application Primer
LAST UPDATED: 11/21/24 Editor’s note: This post is designed to help communities navigate the third round of applications for the Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) Program. This post was originally…
Voces del Fuego (Voices of Fire)
Editor’s note: The Watershed Research and Training Center (WRTC), based in Hayfork, CA, is the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network’s umbrella organization. In this blog, WRTC shares the launch of…
The 2024 Reader Survey
We love our readers. We strive to ensure that the time you spend reading and responding to our blogs, newsletters, social media posts, and more is well spent, and gives…
Untrammeling the Wilderness
Editor’s note: Clare Boerigter is the Wilderness Fire Research Fellow at the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute (ALWRI), part of the U.S. Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Research Station. Clare is…
A Shared Love for Community-Led Fire: The 2024 PBA Leader’s Exchange in California
Editor’s note: Annie Leverich is the communications manager for FAC Net, and manages the Fire Networks blog and TREX/WTREX social media channels. She is also active in supporting communications around…
Parmer Lane Fire: An Accidental Success Story
Editor’s note: Kari Hines, Firewise Coordinator and Public Information Officer for Texas A&M Forest Service, has 10 years experience responding to wildfires in Central Texas and beyond. In this blog,…
How Wildfire Policy Hits the Ground
Editor’s note: Emery Cowan is a program manager with FAC Net and helps support our engagement in the Forest Service’s Community Navigators initiative. In this blog, Emery recaps common themes…
Eight Blogs You May Have Missed From the Last Year
This week marks one full year since we rebranded the blog to the “Fire Networks Blog.” Previously known as the FAC Net Blog, this change was made with the intention…
Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges: Recent Updates from the Field
Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges (known as TREX) are experiential burning experiences that take place around the country and world. The TREX program, one of the four Fire Networks, represents a…
Practitioner Wellbeing Resources from the Archives
This week, we’re sharing a selection of posts from the recent blog archives that cover topics related to mental health and wellbeing in the fire community. Take a moment to…
